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Who wins: Fast car, slow driver or slow car, fast driver?

Mitsubishi Mirage vs CLA45 AMG with two drivers of different skills

June 16, 2017

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Our friends at Donut Media put creative director and staff race car driver James Kirkham up against head writer and non-racer James Pumphrey on Willow Springs Raceway to see who’s faster: a slow driver in a fast car or a fast driver in a slow car. Pumphrey slid behind the wheel of the Mercedes-AMG CLA45, which has over 300 hp, plus the 4Matic all-wheel-drive system. Kirkham had to squeeze everything he could from a 2015 Mitsubishi Mirage, a car as far from a showroom-ready race car as you can get.

While Kirkham left the Mercedes stock, Pumphrey prepped the Mitsubishi for track use -- a cardboard aero kit was installed, as well as a few car seats.